Volume 78 Number 1, January 2009

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Table of Contents

Editorial 1 Deliberate and accidental self-harm
PJ Morrison
Commentary 2 A High Quality Workforce
J Jenkins
Reviews 4 Magnet induced perforated appendicitis and ileo-caecal fistula formation
AJ Robinson, J Bingham, RLE Thompson
7 Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction and Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease (chILD)
L McFetridge, A McMorrow, PJ Morrison, MD Shields
Mini-Review 10 Total Jejunoileal Intussusception: A Case Report and Literature review
R Smyth, WA McCallion, A Paterson
Papers 13 An examination of antibacterial and antifungal properties of constituents described in traditional Ulster cures and remedies
S Woods-Panzaru, D Nelson, G McCollum, L-M Ballard, BC Millar, Y Maeda, CE Goldsmith, PJ Rooney, A Loughrey, JR Rao, JE Moore
16 A Study of Suicide Rates in Northern Ireland 1984-2002
M Largey, CB Kelly, M Stevenson
21 Efficacy of treatment in an opioid - dependent population group using the Maudsley Addiction Profile (MAP) tool
R Collins, B Boggs, N Taggart, M Kelly, A Drillington, I Swanton, D Patterson
26 An Approach to Traditional Cures in Ulster
L-M Ballard
34 How useful is dual energy lateral vertebral assessment in a clinic setting?
B McGuinness, S Stewart, H Taggart
37 Electrical Fatalities in Northern Ireland
J Lucas
Medical History 43 Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw (1839-1900). Registrar general 1879-1900
CS Breathnach, JB Moynihan
Case Reports 51 ABCA3 Deficiency: an unusual cause of respiratory distress in the newborn
M Anandarajan, S Paulraj, R Tubman
53 Mesenteric vein thrombosis associated with anti-thrombin III deficiency
K-A Eastwood, A Vaughan, KH McCune
Letters 56 To the Editor
Pericardial effusion and tamponade complicating treated Graves' thyrotoxocosis.  E Teague, CJ O'Brien, NPS Campbell
Patchy small bowel ischaemia secondary to sepsis.  S O'Neill, A Malik
Clinical experience with intravenous immunoglobulin and TNF-α inhibitor therapies for recurrent pregnancy loss.  ES Sills, DJ Walsh, LV Shkrobot, GD Palermo , APH Walsh
Abstracts 56 Junior Doctors' Forum
Chronic kidney disease associated with mortality in Northern Ireland.  M Quinn, C Cardwell, G Savage, AP Maxwell, F Kee, D Fogarty
Metformin, chronic kidney disease, and lactic acidosis: is metformin absolutely contraindicated?  MC McCloskey, J Smyth, W Marshall, N Leonard
Folic acid use and major congenital malformations in offspring of women with epilepsy. A prospective study from the UK Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register.  SJ Hunt, AJ Russell, WH Smithson, L Parsons, I Robertson, R Waddell, B Irwin, PJ Morrison, JJ Craig, JI Morrow
Indications for revision total hip replacement in Northern Ireland.  CM Stevenson, BM Hanratty, MG McAlinden
Randomised controlled trial to assess the vascular and biochemical effects of cilostazol in patients with peripheral arterial disease.  ME O'Donnell, SA Badger, MA Sharif, RR Makar, IS Young, LL Lau, B Lee, RJ Hannon, CV Soong
The "two-week rule"; help or hindrance?  RS McCain, J Newell, SA Badger, RJ Kennedy, SJ Kirk
62 Ulster Society of Internal Medicine, Friday 17th October 2008
65 11th Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics, Friday 12th September 2008
Reviews 75 Books
MRSA in Practice.  I Gould
George Guthrie - Soldier and Pioneer Surgeon.  R Hurt
Who's Who of the Brain. A Guide to Its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do.  K Nunn, T Hanstock, B Lask
The History of Medicine, Money, and Politics: Riding the Rollercoaster of State Medicine.  PR Goddard
Clinical Skills for OSCEs (Third Edition).  N Burton